Windows Defender Failed To Initialize Handle Is Invalid

i tried fixing the defender using the microsoft and majorgeeks way but they're both complicated and did not do anything at all. Discussion in 'Windows Vista Security' started by Guest, May 29, 2007. Thank you so much!ReplyDeleteAnonymousApril 15, 2012 at 3:01 PMyour solution is very simple and works perfectly. Click Start, type "regedit" (without quotation marks) in the search bar and press Enter. 2. this contact form

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The handle is inva DaiseyMoonshine said: ↑ A system configuration window will pop up. The handle is invalid. When trying to run Defender, I get the following message; Application failed to initialize: 0x80070006. But, that doesn't mean that it cannot be used to some benefit.

I wish I'd searched the web more thoroughly before! Edited by Tabs - 03 February 2008 at 2:03am molotov Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 04 October 2006 Status: Offline Points: One is a manual restart, and the second re-initialising the Registry for the various services, which looks fairly harmless to try being based on an older M$ kb posting:regsvr32 wuapi.dllregsvr32 wuaueng.dllregsvr32 BLEEPINGCOMPUTER NEEDS YOUR HELP!

This is a clean install of Vista, not an upgrade anyway...Time to reformat I guess... http://movb.blogspot.com/2008/12/windows-defender-application-failed-to.html molotov Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator Group Joined: 04 October 2006 Status: Offline Points: 17531 Post Options Post Reply Quotemolotov Report Post But, the KB article states: If you receive the error message that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" sections but you have not uninstalled Windows Defender through Programs and Features, This is Thank you for the assist :DReplyDeleteAnonymousFebruary 25, 2012 at 8:56 AMYou, sir, are a star.

This is some AWESOME INFO.....Thanks again Nibbishment, You Rock!!!ReplyDeleteAnonymousFebruary 7, 2014 at 2:45 PMThank you so much for this, the information from Microsoft and other techs is USELESS this fixed the weblink share|improve this answer answered Jul 17 '11 at 13:33 LawrenceC 47.9k677149 add a comment| Your Answer draft saved draft discarded Sign up or log in Sign up using Google Sign Absolutely brilliant. If that one doesn't try this Googling indicates that a lot of these problems come from running McCrappy.

its resolved now.thanks for the very helpful info.ReplyDeleteAnonymousMay 26, 2011 at 8:40 PMthank you so much for this! Windows Defender Application failed to initialize: 0x80070006. asked 5 years ago viewed 2400 times active 3 years ago Related 0MsMpEng.exe (Windows Defender?) uses a lot of CPU at startup and runs two instances on a single core machine0Is navigate here I copied this out of their postWho is "their"?Did you happen to compare your original settings, to what this .REG file replaced them with?Edited by molotov - 13 November 2008 at

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The handle is invalid.I could live without Windows Defender and SpyNet.

Your fix is fantastic. This looks like your problem: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-security/application-fail-0x8007006/7316f84a-e278-e011-9b4b-68b599b31bf5 And this is how to disable it and stop the message: http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/msconfig_vista.html share|improve this answer answered Jul 17 '11 at 13:20 KCotreau 23.6k43760 add a I did exactly as you did and it fixed the issue and no longer receive the error. Tech Support that tells you that you must re-install Vista, isn't much support, and not very Tech.

This method resolved the issue.ReplyDeleteAnonymousNovember 26, 2011 at 9:44 PMDeu erro apareçe: "Não é possivel importar C:/Users/Desktop/defenderfix.reg: Achave selecionada é invalida Ajuda Porfavor!!!ReplyDeleteAnonymousDecember 7, 2011 at 4:48 AMShort and to the I managed to find the right Event Trace Provider (Microsoft-Windows-Windows Defender), create a Data Collector ... Worked like a champ (for the Defender issue). his comment is here Defender is a complete waste of resources and is not nearly as good as MalwareBytes or Super Antispyware.

I have this ugly problem but I don't know how to import that data to make my defender work again if you can help pls send me here your instructions [email protected] I tried everything else to fix it, but your solution worked like a charm! It's only giving me the option of a txt.ReplyDeleteAnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 11:03 AMThanks!! Site Changelog Community Forum Software by IP.Board Sign In Use Facebook Use Twitter Need an account?

Sign up now! onlt txrReplyDeleteAnonymousSeptember 25, 2011 at 5:46 AMnope i safed it in my picture file instead, but had to re-do the whole thing for it to workReplyDeleteAnonymousSeptember 28, 2011 at 6:45 AMAwesome. Just click the sign up button to choose a username and then you can ask your own questions on the forum. so many heartattacks...